NEWS SUMMARY

Published: January 28, 1991

War in the Gulf A6-A12

The U.S. bombed oil installations along the Kuwaiti coastline in hopes of stemming the huge spill deliberately unleashed by Iraq nearly a week ago. The allied commander said the mission was a success. Page A1

The enormous oil slick in the gulf continued to expand southward, killing elegant cormorants and other wildlife. The worry was that Saddam Hussein's "scorched ocean policy" might cripple a vital desalting plant. A1

The war is changing vacation plans for many Americans frightened by the threat of terrorism and preoccupied by the unfolding conflict. Airlines, tours and cruises report cancellations and fewer bookings. A1

The stress of the war felt by children and how they should react is the focus of a barrage of advice coming from experts in information from schools and the news media. A12

Some of Iraq's best combat planes have been flown to Iran to escape destruction, the allied commander, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said. He speculated that Iraq wants to conserve planes for future action. A8

Man in the News: Gen. Schwarzkopf learned from Vietnam what a military leader needs to win: more than enough force on the battlefield and more than enough political backing at home. A10

Reporter's Notebook: On the road to Kuwait, 500,000 mines A10

Saudis abandoning old secretive ways A10

Americans at Aramco report facing job loss if they leave A10

Iraq ordered thousands of refugees stranded at Jordan's border to return to Baghdad to collect exit visas. But the highway on which they must return has been under allied bombing raids, travelers said. A11

Egypt says it doesn't favor removing Iraqi chief A11

Kurds in Turkey fear war will reach them A11

Canadians enter Persian Gulf war, sparking debate A11

Soviets said to hedge on war with future in mind A7

Explaining war votes back in home districts A12

Andover Journal: At a missile maker, pride and relief A14

The first New York war casualty, Capt. Manuel Rivera Jr., a Marine pilot, was mourned at St. Anselm's Roman Catholic Church in the South Bronx. For many, his death brought the fighting closer to home. B1 International A2-A6

Winnie Mandela will go to trial soon on charges of kidnapping and assault, and if found guilty, could face 10 years in prison. The trial will be followed across South Africa like no other case in recent years. A1

Somali rebels say they won control of the capital, Mogadishu, and have forced President Siad Barre to flee his palace. The claims were largely confirmed by French doctors.A3 In Tienanmen trials, attitude counts A3

Ho Chi Minh City: Poking around Vietnam's history A4

The cocaine cartel in Colombia has smothered open debate on the drug issue by kidnapping nine journalists in August in an effort to end hostile press coverage. A2 National A14-A21

The dreadful toll of urban poverty has become more toxic to those caught in it as its impact on most Americans has grown more distant. But the effects of inner-city decay can be far-reaching. A1

The Federal Trade Commission is emerging from the laissez-faire attitude of the Reagan Administration. It is starting to use its antitrust muscles and renew its interest in cases affecting the public's pocketbook. A16

More than two million jobless people have used up all their unemployment benefits in 1990, a 16 percent increase over the year before. In Troy, Ohio, where many have bleak prospects of finding a job, life seems perilously close to the edge. A14

Woman in the News: NadineStrossen, new A.C.L.U. head A14

Washington Talk: Pauper cases shape high court caseload A16

A feud on hazardous waste disposal in several Southeastern states is posing a challenge to the principle that the Federal Government and not states should control the transportation and disposal of industrial waste. A18

TV among supremacists' targets, U.S. says A15

Seven shot to death in New Mexico A21

Sears may opt to sell its catalogue, or to eliminate it, as part of sweeping changes that retail executives and others watching the company say will be considered by the lagging company at a meeting next month. D1 Regional B1-B5

Bribery of city building inspectors to obtain approval to occupy new or completely renovated apartment buildings is widespread in New York, developers and contractors say.B1

The policy of nondisclosure of AIDS among health-care workers raises questions that haunt some workers and anger others at Bellevue Hospital in New York, where 80 percent of the patients in surgery have AIDS. B1

Who is the voice of voice mail? Her name is Lorraine Routh Nelson, and she wants the world to know she is not a drone at the other end of the line. When she says, "To get your messages, press 2," she really cares. B1

New York State's fiscal slide has been worsened by the recession -- not only by corroding state revenues butby increasing the mandated costs of caring for the poor. B3

The census added 289,000 people in New York City in the final four months of the 1990 count by using a series of last-minute methods. The methods' reliability is now coming under increasing scrutiny. B3

A.T.& T. plans to lease out space at its headquarters B3

Women can now join all eating clubs at Princeton University. Until recently two were open only to men. But with one club's membership tradition of drinking, getting sick and nakedness, will women want to join? B2 Neediest Cases B4 Business Digest D1 SportsMonday

Baseball: Winfield aims to reverse suit C14

Basketball: MacLeod tries to stay hopeful C14

Lakers roll over Celtics C14

Georgetown upsets Pitt C14

U.N.L.V. leaves varied impressions C14

Columns: Berkow on Super Bowl security C2

Anderson on Parcells C4

Features: Question Box C15

On Your Own C17

Hockey: Islanders lose to Capitals C10

Lemieux returns in style C10

Outdoors: Saltwater fly fishing C17

Super Bowl XXV was super, especially for the Giants. In an exciting game of big plays, the Giants rallied in the fourth quarter to edge the Buffalo Bills, 20-19. C1